Improvement in combined pistol and pocket-knife



Montville, Waldo county, Maine, have invent- 'l ed anew andI-mproved Combined Pistol and drawings, making a part of this specification.

\ moved therefrom, as the case may be, which in the kni'`1iajnd e, is there'rmly heldby:

' therefor, by releasing which spring-catch2the 'Y Figure l being .a section through the barrel ready tobediseliarged, the breech end ofthe somewhatsliorter than the knife-handle A,

y UNITED Sra'rssf PTNT rrion.

A. J. PEAVEY, 0F SOUTH MoNTViLLE, MAINE.

Pmnwwaadvanaiea Malen-agisce.

To all 'wkom't mwy co W f Be it known Vthat I, A. J. PEAVEY, of South bore, the bari-el, when swung into the knifeeasing, being securely and firmly held in posi- Knife; and `I do `hereby declare that the following s a full, clear, and exact descriptiouof the same, reference being had tolthe annexed locking with its hook end oi' ar G.

barrel upon the pivot a of the` knife-handle, which hammer extends towardthe breech end ofthe barrel througlia slot, c, of suitable shape, d 1 of the breech-piece Olot'the knife-handle to the itshelmand whenswung up orcoeked brought to bear; with sufficient lforce to explodeits fulmiuafe'b `a bent spring, I, xed at one end of the up ers'de of the pistol-barrel andatits other restinggl on the arm J of the lunder side ofthe hammer i barrel, 'when swan down and into' place witli- A "fulcrnm-pimj of t i ifehaiidle'which trgger, byit's tail end g, b rs upon the underside of the hammer H, and as said` hammer is raised or cocked the trigger, by means of a bent spring, f, bearing upon the saine, is thrown out of therecessf in the handle forit, its tail means ofafspringlcatch properly arranged barrel is free to lbe swung up, as above ex- In accompanying plate of drawings my iniproved combined pistoland knifeis illustrated,

mer when at fnllecock, holding `it in such posiportion of' thecombined vknife and pistol in tion until disengaged bypullingthe triggerin t e direction ofitsflength and with the kiiie-l p free to be impelled against thecartiidgein the planation, the force (exertedth barrel being in section..

A in' thefdrawingsrepresents:thehandle or easing of an ordinary pocket-knife, having a blade, B, secured` `init in 'the usual manner, turning upon a pivot, a, ot' the same.

C is the' barrel of the pistol,` made of a square shape incrossfseeton, whichbarrel is placed within the handie 'ofthe knife between one of its side plates and the spring ofthe knife that acts suiciently raising the hammer H, `the waste cartridgecase Ais removed and a new one inserted, if so desired, when, swinging thesbarrel into the 4knife-handle, `it is therelield by the spring-eatch before referred to, when, raising or cookingA tsliaminer, it caribe again ter each discharge having its wasteicaitigidgecase removed and reloadedby4 swingiiigit out `of the knife-handle.

` From the above description of thc arrangeof the `knife`blad`e.f This barrel G is made thatit is compact in forin,susc`eptible of being midis bored through its entire length, with a V used `for the two fold purposes for which itis deslioiilderyb, at its breech end E to ,receive the Harige of the metalliccart'ridge adapted for its tion 'by 4a spring-catch, E,-of 'the knife inter i is the hammer'of thepistol, made ot'da hook shape, and hung at `thej'ront end ofthe inetallic cartridge in the barrel, against which L is the trigger the` pistoLlliung'upon a end interloekingwith the notehm of `the hamthe proper direction therefor, thus leaving itV pistol-barrel, as is obviouswithout further ex` dle into the position shown in Figxz, when,

.,discharged, as above explained, the barrel af mont of the various pai-ts composing my im` provedeombincil knife and pistol, it is obvious signed, and very convenieu'iJ for boing oar'ief in n persons pocket without danger of being pxonmtunely discharged.

ltmay be hero remarked, in couolnsion, that the pistol and knife embraced by the present invention may be used in a similar manner 7mo that described in the sobelue nnexe to the Letters Patent; hereinbeore referred im Having thus fully described my inventiom. what claim as'new, and desire o secure by Letten Patou?, is- Y 1,. ..So hanging the barrel of a psato within *iio oasinfg or mndle of as pocket-knife tm ia breech and can swing oui; of o'x'iino the same, substantially as dosmibed, and for @the purpose speciedi v2. Th@ com'binzmion of the hook and or mm G of the pistol-marmi with the spring-catchF. of the breech-piece of ho knife-bandl, m-

ranged togother and operaing as and for the purpose described.

A; J. PEAVEY. 

